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Practical guides and notes from the PhotoScanRestore team. We focus on three pillars: scanning on iPhone without glare, restoring old photos with authentic results, and turning slides & negatives into clean digital images. Every post is tested on real collections so you can follow along at home—no lab required.
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Compare the best photo scanning apps of 2025 for iPhone and Android, with pros, cons, and ideal use cases to digitize old photos easily.
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A practical 2026 guide to digitizing old family photos: scan by phone or flatbed, restore damage, organize files, and back them up.
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Weigh smartphone scanning apps against flatbed scanners on quality, speed, cost, and convenience to choose the right digitizing workflow.
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A quick guide to help you choose between a flatbed scanner, a document scanner, or just your phone for digitizing old photos.
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A quick overview of common issues like fading, scratches, and water damage that photo restoration can fix, with tips on when to rescan originals.
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See how one beginner digitized 1,000 family photos in two days—gear, setup, pacing, and lessons you can borrow for your own project.
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Bring washed-out prints back to life. Follow simple steps to rebalance colour, contrast, and vibrancy in faded photos at home.
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Turn messy boxes into a tidy digital archive. Learn how to sort, scan, name, and back up every photo without overwhelm, step by step.
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Stop shiny hotspots on glossy prints. Learn lighting, angles, and app tricks to capture glare-free scans every time with your phone or scanner.
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Revive faded, scratched prints without pro tools. Follow beginner-friendly restoration steps to enhance colors and repair damage.
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Digitize shoe-box prints the easy way. Follow this step-by-step guide to scan old photos with your phone or scanner and keep memories safe.
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Still postponing photo scanning? Discover five urgent reasons to digitize prints today and protect your family history before it's too late.
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See how scanning and sharing old photos strengthens family bonds, sparks stories, and bridges generations across distances with simple, repeatable workflows.
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See how modern restoration tools revive faded, damaged, and black-and-white photos with colour, clarity, and emotion, plus when to rescan originals.
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What DPI means, how it affects your scanned photos, and simple rules of thumb for choosing settings for print and on-screen viewing.
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Tired of blurry photos? Learn how to fix them on your iPhone with our step-by-step guide to sharpening, noise reduction, and better camera techniques.
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Restore old, faded, and damaged photos on your iPhone. Our complete guide covers scanning, color correction, scratch removal, and digital preservation.
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Learn to scan multiple pages or photos on your iPhone using the Notes app. Ideal for creating PDFs of documents, letters, and the back of old photos.
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Ever taken a screenshot of a QR code? Learn how to open QR links directly from images saved in your iPhone's Photos app—no second camera needed.
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Need to copy text from a photo or document? Learn how to use your iPhone's Live Text and Notes scanner to easily extract and digitize printed text.
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This month's update brings major improvements to SlideScan and FilmBox, plus a completely refreshed Colorize engine for more natural results.
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Protect your family's legacy. Our complete guide to preserving old photos covers archival storage, safe handling, and avoiding environmental damage.
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Looking for the best photo restoration app? Compare Photomyne, Remini, and PhotoScanRestore in this 2025 expert guide with real examples.